Mammalian DNA N6-methyladenosine: Challenges and new insights

X Feng, C He - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary DNA N 6-methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA) modification was first discovered in
Bacterium coli in the 1950s. Over the next several decades, 6mA was recognized as a …

GSK-3484862 targets DNMT1 for degradation in cells

Q Chen, B Liu, Y Zeng, JW Hwang, N Dai… - Nar …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Maintenance of genomic methylation patterns at DNA replication forks by DNMT1 is the key
to faithful mitotic inheritance. DNMT1 is often overexpressed in cancer cells and the DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Cap-specific terminal N6-methyladeonsine methylation of RNA mediated by PCIF1 and possible therapeutic implications

H Zeng, Y Wu, X Long - Genes & Diseases, 2025 - Elsevier
Posttranscriptional RNA modification is an important mode of epigenetic regulation in
various biological and pathological contexts. N6, 2′-O-dimethyladenosine (m6Am) is one …

Biochemical and structural characterization of the first-discovered metazoan DNA cytosine-N4 methyltransferase from the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

J Zhou, JR Horton, G Kaur, Q Chen, X Li… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Much is known about the generation, removal, and roles of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) in
eukaryote DNA, and there is a growing body of evidence regarding N6-methyladenine, but …

Comparative Study of Adenosine Analogs as Inhibitors of Protein Arginine Methyltransferases and a Clostridioides difficile-Specific DNA Adenine Methyltransferase

J Zhou, Y Deng, ID Iyamu, JR Horton, D Yu… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
S-Adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) analogs are adaptable tools for studying and therapeutically
inhibiting SAM-dependent methyltransferases (MTases). Some MTases play significant roles …

[HTML][HTML] Cap-Specific m6Am Methyltransferase PCIF1/CAPAM Regulates mRNA Stability of RAB23 and CNOT6 through the m6A Methyltransferase Activity

A Sugita, R Kano, H Ishiguro, N Yanagisawa… - Cells, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chemical modifications of cellular RNAs play key roles in gene expression and host
defense. The cap-adjacent N6, 2′-O-dimethyladenosine (m6Am) is a prevalent …

[HTML][HTML] PCIF1 is partly cytoplasmic, dynamically localizes to stress granules and binds mRNA coding regions upon oxidative stress

TT Tat, S Raza, S Khan, TL Watson, SY Jung, DL Kiss - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract PCIF1 (Phosphorylated CTD-Interacting Factor 1) is the mRNA (2'-O-
methyladenosine-N (6)-)-methyltransferase that catalyzes the formation of cap-adjacent N 6 …

Optimizing purification and activity assays of N-terminal methyltransferase complexes

HV Parker, JG Tooley, CES Tooley - Methods in enzymology, 2023 - Elsevier
In vitro methyltransferase assays have traditionally been carried out with tritiated S-adenosyl-
methionine (SAM) as the methyl donor, as site-specific methylation antibodies are not …

Intrafamily Heterooligomerization of the N-Terminal Methyltransferase METTl11A

HV Hobble - 2024 - search.proquest.com
N-terminal protein methylation is a post-translational modification (PTM) that influences a
variety of biological processes by regulating protein stability, protein-DNA interactions, and …